A love story

Today is the eight anniversary of my first real date with the wonderful Mr. Wise.

(wedding pic, I don't have any digital pics of when we were dating cause I didn't have an iPhone back then, heck I didn't even have a cell phone that could send texts )

So indulge me, while I share my favorite love story with you: mine!

March 19, 2004 I went on a group date with my roommate. Chris was there. I thought I was supposed to be his date; he informed me otherwise. Evidently, Chris just thought it was a group thing, not a date, he didn't pay for me, so it definitely wasn't a real date.

I guess our "not date" went well enough, because the next night he asked me out on a real date, where he paid and everything-- and let me just say how awesome I thought it was that he had the guts to call the very next day, rather than wait.

March 20, 2004 our first date. We went to a harp concert (because my roommate was performing and I had already committed to going) then we went to an acoustical guitar concert. Chris definitely earned major points going to a harp concert with me and all my roommates on a first date! That takes guts. Come to find out Chris is a very musical man himself, he was on the college drum line and plays the piano. What a guy, huh?!

We had a great evening and we kept seeing each other, but the semester was winding to a close and neither one of us thought it would go anywhere. We were just hanging out and having fun. Every night. Boy were were oblivious.

Two months later we were engaged.

Two months after that we got married.

1 year and 9 months later our Miss Madi was born, then Jax two years after that, then Colton two years after him

Now eight years later we have:

- 3 kids

- 2 college degrees

- a house

- a mini van (much to my dismay :)

- and a million wonderful memories

Do we fight? Sometimes, but not too often and we usually play nice and it always passes quickly.

Is being married hard? Sure. Mostly because life is hard and stressful and busy and goodness knows, with a husband that works 60+ hours a week and 3 kids that are only 4 years apart things can get just a little crazy and chaotic.